Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 3:47 p.m.

Sex offender held in rape of girl, attack on her mother

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LITTLE ROCK  Authorities have arrested a man on accusations he stabbed a woman and then raped her 12-year-old daughter Tuesday in Searcy.

The Searcy Police Department said Aaron Ray Rash, 29, was taken into custody by the White County sheriff's office about 4 p.m. Wednesday. Rash, a Level III registered sex offender, faces charges of rape and first-degree battery.

Brittany Eacret, spokesman for the Searcy Police Department, said the attack happened about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment at 2001 Quality Drive.

Eacret said the mother was stabbed multiple times, including at least once in the neck, and was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Police say the mother was attempting to stop a man later identified by police as Rash from raping her 12-year-old daughter when he attacked her. He then raped the girl and fled on foot, police said.

Eacret said the mother had just met Rash, but that he had been invited into the residence before the attack occurred.

Google "sex offender" "arkansas" "search" and you should easily find a listing of all level 3 and 4 sex offenders! Might be a good idea to check this on all new acquaintances, according to hindsight. Glad they caught the creep.

Most of the people on the sex offender registry should not have been released in the first place. These types of sociopaths should be locked up. If the prisons let them out, they need to be put into maximum security mental institutions. The child and her mother are scarred for life.

@ abcmrsteve: you got it backwards. It's not bleeding hearts who are responsible for these monsters' release; it's the conservatives who support the wasteful, ridiculous drug war. Drug offenders clog up the judicial/prison system, which in turn causes violent offenders to be released. End the drug war and focus on violent crimes. But of course there's too much money involved keeping the charade going.